I personally like tagging the highway as one way with change:lanes until the line starts to split into two. This gives data consumers more power over what they show, and allows for a more accurate representation of reality. - Leif Rasmussen
On Thu, Jul 4, 2019, 3:18 PM Snusmumriken <snusmumriken.map...@runbox.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2019-07-04 at 10:11 +0000, Philip Barnes wrote: > > On Thursday, 4 July 2019, Snusmumriken wrote: > > > On Wed, 2019-07-03 at 14:03 -0600, Jack Armstrong Dancer--- via > > > talk > > > wrote: > > > > I've always had the impression we should not create separate > > > > traffic > > > > lanes unless "traffic flows are physically separated by a barrier > > > > (e.g., grass, concrete, steel), which prevents movements between > > > > said > > > > flows." > > > > > > A painted line that has the legal status of "do not cross" is a > > > perfectly fine reason to have a separate way. > > > > > I would strongly disagree with this statement, as others have said > > this is a place for lane mapping. > > > > As a map user I do not see a separate way, it results in confusing > > navigation instructions, turn instead of take the first exit from the > > roundabout. > > > > There are also times when lines are not visible due to snow, > > whiteover with frost or just salt turning the road white. > > Where I'm from that would be a poor excuse if caught crossing a solid > line. And wouldn't it be great if your favorite navigation software > could tell you how traffic can legally flow? Even if the weather > condition were such that you couldn't observe the solid line. > > Also I don't get how roundabouts are relevant for this discussion. > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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